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Original Article

An Unusual Case of Isolated Injury of the Femoral Vein after Blunt Trauma

Tholkifl I. Abdullah From the 1The Breast Unit of South Lincolnshire, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, Lincolnshire and
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Leslie A. Donaldson Department of Surgery, Grimsby Hospital, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Pages 971-973 | Received 01 Sep 2001, Published online: 04 Dec 2011

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